Tokyo Ghost Diary

It was already after seven o'clock in the evening when Hoshino Gen returned home. Although it was summer, seven o'clock was just the time when the sky had just completely darkened.

The lights were on in the living room of Hoshino's house, but there was no one there. A new show broadcast by Tokyo Channel was playing on the TV, and the passionate BGM echoed in the spacious living room.

Gen Hoshino put the two boxes of donuts in his bag on the coffee table in the living room. Just as he was about to turn around and go back to his bedroom to take a shower, the phone in his jacket pocket rang.

He took out his mobile phone and looked at the contact. He was a little surprised because the caller's note was [Asaba Shinichi].

That guy usually uses line to contact him.

After answering the call, Asaba Shinichi's laughing voice immediately sounded on the phone: "Hey, Hoshino, where are you?"

Hoshino Gen didn't answer his question, but asked: "Is something wrong?"

"Nonsense! Why should I call you when nothing happens?" Asaha Shinichi on the phone suddenly laughed three times: "Or are you, a lonely guy, actually expecting someone to call you specifically to chat with you?"

"It's okay." Hoshino Gen's tone was calm, and he was not affected by Asaha Shinichi's flirtation at all.

"Do it! I told you something happened."

"Then we have something to talk about." Gen Hoshino saw the door of Hoshino Rin's room opened, and Hoshino Rin and Tamamo Mae walked out of the bedroom laughing.

At this time, Hoshino Rin also saw Hoshino Gen standing in the living room. Her expression instantly became brighter. She opened her mouth and was about to welcome her brother home, but she immediately noticed that Hoshino Gen was talking on the phone, and she hurriedly covered her mouth. She turned around and made a "shh" gesture to Tamamo Mae who came out behind her.

Regardless of the situation over there, Asaba Shinichi has already begun to explain the reason for his call:

"At nine o'clock tonight, there will be an underground auction here in Jiangdong District. There are a lot of good things. There are even rumors that a demon sword will appear. How about it? Are you interested?"

"...auction?" Hoshino Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Yeah, you shouldn't be short of money, right?"

Hoshino Gen did not answer this meaningless question, but after a slight pause in his tone, he said directly: "The specific location."

"Ha! I knew you would be interested. Wait, I'll send you my location. Come over soon~"

After hanging up the phone, Gen Hoshino put his phone back into his pocket, and then he found Rin Hoshino and Tamamo Mae who had sat on the sofa at some point, staring at him without blinking.

"Brother, are you going out again now?" Seeing Hoshino Yuan finish the phone call, Hoshino Rin asked him.

Hoshino Gen nodded: "Someone invited me to attend the auction."

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the entrance again, and at the same time said: "Get some rest early."

"..." Hoshino Rin's cheeks swelled slightly. She was about to ask if she could go with her brother... Although she knew from her brother's behavior that he didn't seem to want to take her with him.

Hoshino Rin noticed that her sleeves were being pulled, and she couldn't help but turn to look at her side. Tamamo Mae opened the dessert box on the coffee table, took out a donut and handed it to her, smiling at her: "Rin-chan, this is A Yuan brought it to us~"

Hoshino Rin hesitated for a moment, but still stretched out his left hand to take the "calorie bomb" that he would never eat at night before.

......

The motorcycle roared and stopped in front of a building in the southern part of Tamayama Town. As soon as Gen Hoshino took off his helmet, Asaba Shinichi's voice came over: "You're moving very fast!"

Gen Hoshino turned around and saw Shinichi Asaba getting out of a black Bugatti, who was rarely wearing normal summer clothes.

"Takasugi didn't come?" Hoshino Gen asked casually.

"That guy is not interested in these things. It's not like auctioning rare animals." As he said that, Asaba Shinichi came over and patted Gen Hoshino on the shoulder, and gestured to the entrance of the building with his thumb: "Let's go."

The two entered the building together, followed the instructions on the sign outside, took the elevator to the eighth floor, and then passed through a long gallery-like corridor before finally arriving at a closed double mahogany door.

It's obviously an underground auction, but he dares to display the sign openly. It can only be said that the background of the owner behind it is quite strong.

There were four waiters in suits and white gloves at the door. When they saw Gen Hoshino and Shinichi Asaba approaching, the four of them bowed together. Then one of them stepped forward and said with a smile: "You two gentlemen are here to attend. The auction tonight?”

"Otherwise? Are you going to ruin things?" Qian Yuxin said with a smile.

"You are joking." The waiter smiled, obviously not taking Asaba Shinichi's words seriously at all: "If you two want to enter the auction, then please pay a deposit. For two people, it is twenty Ten thousand U.S. dollars."

After saying that, he actually took out a POS machine on the spot.

"Oh, it's an underground auction, you really dare to ask for it." Asaha Shinichi raised his lips in a funny way, but after saying that, he still took out a card from his pocket: "Swipe it, two hundred thousand There should be some in there, if not, just give me a discount."

The waiter kept smiling and did not respond to Asaba Shinichi's words. He just smiled, respectfully took the bank card with a black body and gold frame, and swiped two hundred thousand dollars on the POS machine.

After returning their bank cards, Hoshino Gen and Asaba Shinichi each received a number plate, No. 43 and 44 respectively.

The preparations before entering were all completed. Then the four waiters quickly lined up on both sides. The two people close to the door pushed open the mahogany door. The last four waiters once again bowed neatly to Hoshino Gen and Asaba Shinichi, please. They enter.

Various expressions fully demonstrate the common underground saying "the rich are the rich". However, although it is a bit vulgar and the tickets are a little expensive, the advantage of this kind of underground auction is that as long as you have money, Anyone can participate. No proof of identity or property rights is required. It’s completely free...

The auction venue is not particularly large. The seats are arranged in a staircase. At a glance, it is estimated that the number of seats is only about a hundred. Compared with the auction venue, it is more like a slightly larger room. a lecture theater.

Although it was still a while before the auction started, there were already many people of all kinds sitting in the venue, some chatting, some talking on the phone, and the bustle was completely devoid of the so-called reserve of the upper class.

Gen Hoshino and Shinichi Asaba didn't care about this at all. After they found the seats corresponding to their respective number plates, they naturally blended into the surrounding atmosphere and chatted casually.

"Speaking of which, didn't you say before that you would go into seclusion and melt the skull of the big snake after returning to Tokyo? Has it already failed, or has it not started yet?"

Asaha Shinichi put one foot on the other thigh, folded his arms and rolled his eyes: "Huh? Why can't it be that I have successfully fused?"

"Heh." Hoshino Gen responded with a polite smile.

Qian Yuxin curled his lips, and then said with a helpless smile: "Okay, it hasn't started yet. I have to recover again. This time in Kyoto, I will suffer from the same old sin~"

.......

"Wait a minute, Ayane-chan! There seems to be an auction going on here later? If you're not in a hurry to go home... come with me and take a look, okay?"

Outside the building where the auction venue is located, Akina Tachibana and Ayane Sasaki were walking together after dinner. When they passed by, they noticed Akina Tachibana standing on the sign at the entrance of the building and pulled Ayane Sasaki's sleeve, and she pointed to that place. He put up a sign with "Interested" written all over his face.